1 Samuel 2:1-7

Hannah’s Prayer

1 Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the LORD my horn[a] is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.
2 “There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
3 “Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.
4 “The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
5 Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.
6 “The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.

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Cross References 20

  • 1. Luke 1:46-55
  • 2. Psalms 13:5">Ps Psalms 13:5; Psalms 33:21; Zechariah 10:7; Psalms 9:14; Psalms 13:5
  • 3. Psalms 18:2; Psalms 89:17,24; Psalms 92:10; Psalms 148:14; Isaiah 12:2-3
  • 4. Psalms 6:8
  • 5. S Numbers 10:35; Psalms 6:10
  • 6. S Exodus 15:11; S Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 19:2
  • 7. S Exodus 8:10; Isaiah 40:25; Isaiah 46:5
  • 8. S Genesis 49:24; S Exodus 33:22; Deuteronomy 32:37; Deuteronomy 32:30-31; 2 Samuel 22:2,32; 2 Samuel 23:3; Psalms 31:3; Psalms 71:3
  • 9. Psalms 17:10; Psalms 31:18; Psalms 73:8; Psalms 75:4; Psalms 94:4; Proverbs 8:13
  • 10. S Joshua 22:22
  • 11. 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Kings 8:39; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 6:30; Proverbs 15:11; Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 17:10
  • 12. Proverbs 16:2; Proverbs 24:11-12
  • 13. 2 Samuel 1:27; Psalms 37:15; Psalms 46:9; Psalms 76:3
  • 14. Job 17:9; Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 52:1; Isaiah 57:10
  • 15. Luke 1:53
  • 16. Psalms 113:9; Isaiah 54:1; Jeremiah 15:9
  • 17. Deuteronomy 32:39
  • 18. Isaiah 26:19; Ezekiel 37:3,12
  • 19. S Deuteronomy 8:18
  • 20. Job 5:11; Job 40:12; Psalms 75:7; Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 22:19; Daniel 4:37

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Horn" here symbolizes strength; also in verse 10.
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